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The Financial Review Rich List 2022 is the 39th annual survey of the 200 wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by the Australian Financial Review on 26 May 2022.
The net worth of the wealthiest individual, Gina Rinehart, was $34.02 billion; while the net worth of the 200th wealthiest, Graham & Jude Turner, was $629 million; up from $590 million for the 200th individual in 2021. The combined wealth of the 200 entries was $554.9 bn, an increase of $75.3 bn on the previous year; compared with a combined wealth of $6.4 bn in 1984 when the BRW Rich 200 commenced. [1] Thirty-seven women were included on the 2022 Rich List, representing 18.5 percent of the list; down from thirty-nine women in 2021, or 19.5 percent. The list included thirteen debutants. [2] [3]
Rinehart held the mantle of Australia's wealthiest individual between 2011 and 2015; and was also the wealthiest Australian individual in 2020 and 2021. [4] [5] From 2017 to 2019, Anthony Pratt was Australia's wealthiest individual, ranked fifth in the 2022 Rich List. Harry Triguboff was Australia's wealthiest individual in 2016, [6] [7] ranked sixth in the 2022 Rich List. [2]
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The following individuals, who appeared on the Financial Review Rich List 2021, did not appear on the 2022 list:
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Georgina Hope Rinehart is an Australian billionaire mining magnate and heiress. Rinehart is the Executive Chairman of Hancock Prospecting, a privately owned mineral exploration and extraction company founded by her father, Lang Hancock.
Gerry Harvey is an Australian entrepreneur best known for being the executive chairman of Harvey Norman Holdings, a company which runs Australian retail chain Harvey Norman. He co-founded it with Ian Norman in 1982.
Harry Oskar Triguboff is an Australian billionaire real estate developer, and one of Australia's richest people. He is the founder and managing director of Meriton and is known as "high-rise Harry".
Bruce Gordon is an Australian businessman. He is the owner of the Australian television network, WIN Television through his ownership of WIN Corporation, the largest shareholder of Network 10 & the largest shareholder of the Nine Network, and holds a significant stake in Nine Entertainment Co.
John Gandel, an Australian businessman, property developer and philanthropist, made his fortune in the development of commercial real estate as well as shopping centres located in Melbourne, Victoria.
Xu Rongmao, or Hui Wing Mau in Cantonese, is a Chinese-Australian entrepreneur and billionaire, and the founder and the chairman of Shimao Property. Xu is estimated to be one of the largest property developers in Shanghai. According to Forbes in 2021, his net worth is estimated at $10.3bn.
The Financial Review Rich List, formerly known as the BRW Rich 200, is a list of Australia's two hundred wealthiest individuals and families, ranked by personal net worth published annually in The Australian Financial Review Magazine, a supplement of The Australian Financial Review, published by Nine Publishing. The list provides a short summary on some of the known business activities of the individuals and families, together with commentary on how their ranking has changed from the previous year, if listed.
Michael Cannon-Brookes is an Australian billionaire business magnate who is the co-founder and co-CEO of software company Atlassian.
Angela Bennett is an Australian mining heiress and businesswoman.
Scott Farquhar is an Australian billionaire business magnate who is the co-founder and co-CEO of software company Atlassian. Farquhar often carries the epithet of accidental billionaire after he and his business partner Mike Cannon-Brookes founded Atlassian with the aim to replicate the A$48,500 graduate starting salary typical at corporations without having to work for someone else.
John Hancock is an Australian businessman. He is the son of Gina Rinehart and grandson of the late mining magnate Lang Hancock.
Maurice Alter is an Australian billionaire property developer.
Leslie Alan Wilson, an Australian billionaire, is the executive chairman of Reece Group, Australia's biggest bathroom and plumbing supplies chain.
John Van Lieshout is an Australian billionaire, the founder and former owner of the Amart Furniture store chain.
Salvatore "Sam" Tarascio is an Italian-born Australian billionaire businessman. Tarascio owns a portfolio of commercial and industrial real estate across Melbourne, including a business park, two distribution sites, a large shopping mall and a market. In 1972 Tarascio founded Salta Properties, a privately owned company, after buying swampland and constructing a warehouse for Hoechst. Prior to entering the property market, Tarascio worked in pharmaceutical sales.
The BRW Rich 200, 2016 is the 33rd annual survey of the wealthiest people resident in Australia, published in The Australian Financial Review on 27 May 2016. From its establishment in 1984 and up until the publication of the 2016 list, the survey had been published in either hardcopy and/or online format in the BRW, or formerly, the Business Review Weekly. On 4 March 2016, Fairfax Media announced the closure of the BRW website, and redirected the site to a new section of The Australian Financial Review. Rich lists are now published in The Australian Financial Review Magazine and in 2017 were rebranded as the Financial Review Rich List.
The Financial Review Rich List 2020 is the 37th annual survey of the 200 wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by The Australian Financial Review in The Australian Financial Review Magazine on 30 October 2020.
Judith Neilson is an Australian businesswoman and philanthropist with a passion for visual arts. Neilson is the co-founder of the White Rabbit Gallery in Sydney. She is a significant shareholder in Platinum Asset Management, a company co-founded by her former husband, Kerr Neilson.
The Financial Review Rich List 2021 is the 38th annual survey of the 200 wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by the Australian Financial Review on 27 May 2021.
The Financial Review Rich List 2023 is the 40th annual survey of the 200 wealthiest people resident in Australia, published by the Australian Financial Review on 26 May 2023.